Socket for electronic components

A method of manufacturing a socket for electronic components, the socket for electronic components including a shield plate assembly where a plurality of first shield plates and a plurality of second shield plates are combined with each other in the form of a lattice, contact units, which are electrically connected to electrode terminals of electronic components, being disposed in openings of the lattice of the shield plate assembly so that the electrode terminals of the electronic components are electrically connected to the wiring of a wiring board, the shield plate assembly being formed in a shape where a plurality of lines where quadrilateral openings of the lattice are lined up in a first direction are arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the openings of the adjacent lines being formed so as to be shifted relative to the openings of the next lines in the first direction by a half of the length of the side of the opening that extends in the first direction, the method comprising:

• A0) forming a predetermined number of contact bars where elastic members and the first shield plates are alternately arranged in a line at a predetermined interval;
• A1) disposing a first contact bar among the contact bars so that the longitudinal direction of the first contact bar is parallel to the second direction;
• A2) disposing a second contact bar among the contact bars so that the longitudinal direction of the second contact bar is parallel to the second direction and the second contact bar is separated from the first contact bar by a half of the length of the side of the opening extending in the first direction and is shifted relative to the first contact bar toward one side in the second direction by the predetermined interval;
• A3) disposing a third contact bar among the contact bars so that the longitudinal direction of the third contact bar is parallel to the second direction and the third contact bar is separated from the second contact bar toward a side where the first contact bar is not disposed by a half of the length of the side of the opening extending in the first direction and is shifted relative to the second contact bar toward the other side in the second direction by the predetermined interval;
• disposing a (n)th contact bar by repeating the same steps as A1 to A3 predetermined n times (n is 2 or more);
• B1 to Bm) sequentially loading a predetermined number of the second shield plates (m second shield plates, m is 2 or more) onto the first to (n)th contact bars disposed by the A1 to An steps so that both ends of the first shield plates in the second direction are interposed between the second shield plates;
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• C) fitting the moving members into the openings of the lattice-like shield plate assembly that is formed by A1 to An and B1 to Bm.